Presto Precise 17-Quart Digital Pressure Canner vs All American 921 Pressure Canner

Buy the Presto Precise if you want push-button canning: it holds temperature and pressure on its own, needs no altitude adjustment, and doubles as a boiling water canner. Buy the All American 921 if you want a stove-top canner built to outlast you: the cast aluminum body and metal-to-metal seal have no gasket to replace, and the machined regulator weight is dead simple. The Presto is the easier first canner; the All American is the one owners pass down.

• Choose the Presto Precise if you want automatic pressure and temperature control, a digital timer, and one pot that handles both pressure and boiling water canning.
• Choose the All American 921 if you want a gasket-free stove-top canner with a proven regulator weight and no electronics to fail.